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Dactylis glomerata L. (Cock’s-foot)

Records (and photo sets)

Taxon Summary Date Vice-county Country #photos
Dactylis glomerata Plant 8 September 2003 West Cornwall England 12
Dactylis glomerata Plant 20 June 1974 Mid-west Yorkshire England 3

Suggested Literature

Identification Works

Oliver, J.E., 2007 Minuscule flowering plantlets within Cock's-foot inflorescences

Dactylis glomerata may also be covered by literature listed under:

BIOTA
(living things)
Eukaryota
(eukaryotes)
PLANTAE
(plants)
SPERMATOPHYTA
(vascular plants)
MAGNOLIOPSIDA
(flowering plants)
LILIIDAE
(monocotyledonous flowering plants)
POACEAE
(grasses - formerly Graminae)

Feeding and other inter-species relationships

Associated with Dactylis glomerata:

(live) live is parasitised by Blumeria graminis - Grass Mildew (Erysiphales: Erysiphaceae) UK/Ireland Ing, B., 1990
(live) live is parasitised by fruitbody Limonomyces culmigenus - a basidiomycete fungus (Polyporales: Corticiaceae) Major Legon, N.W. & Henrici, A. with Roberts, P.J., Spooner, B.M. & Watling, R., 2005
Photos (live) live is parasitised by scattered or in rows uredium Uromyces dactylidis - Celandine Clustercup Rust (Uredinales: Pucciniaceae) Legon, N.W. & Henrici, A. with Roberts, P.J., Spooner, B.M. & Watling, R., 2005
Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997
is decayed by pseudothecium Mycosphaerella recutita - an ascomycete (Mycosphaerellales: Mycosphaerellaceae) Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997
is associate of adult Oulema erichsoni - a leaf beetle (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae) Cox, M.L., 2007
is associate of fruitbody Gymnopilus flavus - a rustgill (Agaricales: Cortinariaceae) Major Legon, N.W. & Henrici, A. with Roberts, P.J., Spooner, B.M. & Watling, R., 2005 [in grassland and on waste ground]
leaf (dead) dead leaf is decayed by colony of Cercosporidium dematiaceous anamorph Mycosphaerella recutita - an ascomycete (Mycosphaerellales: Mycosphaerellaceae) Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997 [conidiophores emerge through stomata. Causes chocolate coloured spots with pale centres.]
leaf (live) live leaf is parasitised by amphigenous uredium Puccinia graminis ssp. graminicola - a black stem rust (Uredinales: Pucciniaceae) Legon, N.W. & Henrici, A. with Roberts, P.J., Spooner, B.M. & Watling, R., 2005
Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997
Photos leaf (live) live leaf is parasitised by mainly hypophyllous telium Uromyces dactylidis - Celandine Clustercup Rust (Uredinales: Pucciniaceae) Legon, N.W. & Henrici, A. with Roberts, P.J., Spooner, B.M. & Watling, R., 2005
Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997
leaf (live) live leaf is spotted by immersed pycnidium of Ascochyta coelomycetous anamorph Ascochyta gracilispora - a coelomycete Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997 [causes yellowish-brown leaf spots up to 1cm diam.]
leaf-mine leaf-mine may house puparium Cerodontha flavocingulata - a leaf-mining fly (Diptera: Agromyzidae) Major Spencer, K.A., 1972
leaf-mine leaf-mine may house puparium Cerodontha pygmaea - a leaf-mining fly (Diptera: Agromyzidae) Major Spencer, K.A., 1972
leaf leaf is mined by larva Agromyza cinerascens - a leaf-mining fly (Diptera: Agromyzidae) Major Spencer, K.A., 1972
leaf leaf is mined by larva Cerodontha flavocingulata - a leaf-mining fly (Diptera: Agromyzidae) Major Spencer, K.A., 1972
leaf leaf is mined by communal larva Cerodontha pygmaea - a leaf-mining fly (Diptera: Agromyzidae) Major Spencer, K.A., 1972
leaf leaf is grazed by nocturnal larva Tenthredo maculata - a sawfly (Hymenoptera: Tenthredinidae) Benson, R.B., 1958
leaf leaf is grazed by nocturnal larva Tenthredopsis litterata - a sawfly (Hymenoptera: Tenthredinidae) Major Benson, R.B., 1952
leaf leaf is grazed by nocturnal larva Tenthredopsis nassata - a sawfly (Hymenoptera: Tenthredinidae) Major Benson, R.B., 1952
leaf leaf may have puparium Cerodontha flavocingulata - a leaf-mining fly (Diptera: Agromyzidae) Major Spencer, K.A., 1972
sheath (dead) dead sheath is decayed by colony of Cercosporidium dematiaceous anamorph Mycosphaerella recutita - an ascomycete (Mycosphaerellales: Mycosphaerellaceae) Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997 [conidiophores emerge through stomata. Causes chocolate coloured spots with pale centres.]
sheath (live) live sheath is parasitised by uredium Puccinia graminis ssp. graminicola - a black stem rust (Uredinales: Pucciniaceae) Legon, N.W. & Henrici, A. with Roberts, P.J., Spooner, B.M. & Watling, R., 2005
Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997
sheath (live) live sheath is parasitised by telium Puccinia graminis ssp. graminicola - a black stem rust (Uredinales: Pucciniaceae) Legon, N.W. & Henrici, A. with Roberts, P.J., Spooner, B.M. & Watling, R., 2005
Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997
stem (dead) dead stem is decayed by fruitbody Typhula incarnata - a minute club fungus (Agaricales: Typhulaceae) Legon, N.W. & Henrici, A. with Roberts, P.J., Spooner, B.M. & Watling, R., 2005
stem (dying) dying stem is decayed by fruitbody Typhula incarnata - a minute club fungus (Agaricales: Typhulaceae) Legon, N.W. & Henrici, A. with Roberts, P.J., Spooner, B.M. & Watling, R., 2005
stem (live) live stem is parasitised by linear telium Puccinia graminis ssp. graminicola - a black stem rust (Uredinales: Pucciniaceae) Legon, N.W. & Henrici, A. with Roberts, P.J., Spooner, B.M. & Watling, R., 2005
Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997
stem (live) live stem is parasitised by uredium Puccinia graminis ssp. graminicola - a black stem rust (Uredinales: Pucciniaceae) Legon, N.W. & Henrici, A. with Roberts, P.J., Spooner, B.M. & Watling, R., 2005
Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997

Dactylis glomerata may be associated with more taxa listed at higher taxonomic level

MAGNOLIOPSIDA
(flowering plants)
LILIIDAE
(monocotyledonous flowering plants)
POACEAE
(grasses - formerly Graminae)
Dactylis
(cock's-foot grasses)

References

Benson, R.B., 1952 Hymenoptera: 2. Symphyta. Section (b)
Benson, R.B., 1958 Hymenoptera: 2. Symphyta. Section (c)
Cox, M.L., 2007 Atlas of the Seed and Leaf Beetles of Britain and Ireland
Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997 Microfungi on Land Plants: An Identification Handbook
Ing, B., 1990 An Introduction to British Powdery Mildews
Legon, N.W. & Henrici, A. with Roberts, P.J., Spooner, B.M. & Watling, R., 2005 Checklist of the British and Irish Basidiomycota
Spencer, K.A., 1972 Diptera: Agromyzidae

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